Productive characteristics, carcass quality and intramuscular fat from the Tudanca breed beef
Resource information
Date of publication
December 2011
Resource Language
ISBN / Resource ID
AGRIS:ES2011000390
Pages
586-588
Thirty three male tudanca young bulls were used to evaluate 2 production systems (intensive and semiextensive) and 2 slaughter ages (12 and 14 months). Although there were differences in the average daily gains along the finishing period between groups, no differences were observed in conformation score. In contrast, production system affected fatness score. Semiextensive feed animals slaughtered at 12 months of age presented values of fatness scores lower than other groups (p
